A pharmacy technician’s claim that defendant disability carrier defamed her in letters to her doctor and employer when she applied for disability benefits is preempted by her federal ERISA suit; the Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s state law defamation ...

A quality control technician at a snack manufacturing plant loses her suit alleging employer violated the Family and Medical Leave Act by terminating her after she requested FMLA leave for medical tests and surgery; the Abingdon U.S. District Court grants ...

A Norfolk U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge approves a settlement reached in plaintiff hotel manager’s suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act to give her $125,000, to include $80,000 for her pay and $45,000 for attorney’s fees and costs. Defendant ...

A railroad employee’s current suit alleging he was suspended for reporting railroad safety offenses is not barred by summary judgment for the railroad in the employee’s earlier suit alleging he was suspended on the basis of race in violation of ...

An African-American associate professor at a community college who alleges he was terminated after he complained about salary inequity for African-American employees and confronted a non-minority student who used the “N-word” in his class has stated Title VII claims for ...

A police officer who suffered permanent injury to his left wrist and hand while arresting an intoxicated person has not shown that the defendant city violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it did not offer him positions as a ...

A company did not commit an unfair labor practice by “surveilling” union employees as both sides leafleted outside a plant during a union campaign, as the company officials had a First Amendment right to communicate their viewpoint and there was ...

A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court approves the parties’ settlement of plaintiff’s suit for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act, including an award of $6,500 in attorney’s fees. Claims under the FLSA cannot be settled absent court approval. In ...

A Newport News U.S. District Court says a police officer’s civil rights suit challenging his transfer from a position as training detective to working in the records division, and cancellation of his right to moonlight, is barred by res judicata, ...